tag: self-heating

New transistor designs and new materials don’t appear out of thin air. Their adoption always is driven by the limitations of the incumbent technology.
Silicon germanium and other compound semiconductors are interesting because they promise superior carrier mobility relative to silicon. [getkc id="185" kc_name="FinFET"] transistor designs help minimize short channel effects, a critical limi... » read more

The increase in complexity of the power delivery network (PDN) is starting to outpace increases in functional complexity, adding to the already escalating costs of modern chips. With no signs of slowdown, designers have to ensure that overdesign and margining do not eat up all of the profit margin.
The semiconductor industry is used to problems becoming harder at smaller geometries, but unti... » read more